Vishwa Gujarat: March 2015

Tuesday 31 March 2015

Rajpath Club elections: Jagdish Patel panel has won 27 posts

Ahmedabad: Rajpath Club Board of Directors election. President Paresh Dani who heads one of two panels contesting the election of Bord of Directors has postponed Annual General Meeting of club scheduled to be held today in which the result of recently held elections for 30 posts of Board of Directors was to be announced. Paresh Dani has not held AGM...

Melbourne : Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has surged to the top of the One-Day International (ODI) bowlers’ rankings for the first time in his career following a stellar performance in the World Cup that saw him named the “Player of the Tournament”. Starc jumped two places to take the top spot. He gained 147 ratings points during the course of...

Bengaluru : Royal Challengers Bangalore, for all their flash and dash, glitz and glamour, choreographed one of the biggest flop shows of the 2014 Indian Premier League-7 (IPL-7) by finishing seventh out of eight teams with five wins and nine defeats – a record that defied all expectations and explanations. It will take a lot out of Virat Kohli’s squad...

Mumbai : Link-up reports have always been a part and parcel of the glamour industry. And it has now struck actress Nargis Fakhri as reports of her dating British actor of Indian descent Dev Patel have started doing the rounds. The actress took to micro-blogging site Twitter to take a jibe at such stories. “As per media, apparently a dinner...

Mumbai: Wellknown film Director Prakash Jha making a sequel to his 2010 political satire titled as Raajneeti. However, if you expected protagonists Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif to return back with this second instalment then well, here is a twist. While Katrina Kaif’s character Indu Pratap Singh will continue to centre the plot, Ranbir’s character Samar Pratap Singh has been...

Los Angeles : Model Molly Sims, who has given birth to a baby girl, shared the first image of her baby on social media. Sims took to image sharing website Instagram to share the photograph of her newborn daughter Scarlett May Stuber on Monday, reports aceshowbiz.com. The photograph showed the baby sleeping peacefully on her chest. She captioned the image:...

Yuvraj Singh has defended Virat Kohli and his girlfriend Anushka Sharma on Twitter. He has appealed to the cricket fans to respect Kohli and his girlfriend Anushka Sharma’s personal lives. “To all our real Indian fans who support us in our wins and loses ! Let’s respect @imVkohli and @AnushkaSharma personal life,” Yuvraj wrote on his twitter handle. To all...

Women who find it difficult to think and move at the same time, an ability required to perform everyday tasks such as driving a car are at a higher risk of contracting Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new study. The researchers at York University in Canada found a link between performance in such tasks and a communication problem between different brain...

There are hundreds of different foods that can help build muscle. But what if you had to pick only these 10 foods that you could eat for the rest of your life? In that case, you’d want foods that could help cover many different nutritional needs so that you did not lose any precious muscle. -Protein are to help build...

Gujarat Assembly passed Gujarat Khet-Utpanna Bajar Sudhara Vidheyak. Features of this bill : 1) Only farmer will be able to become Chairman of APMC. 2) Tenure of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of APMC will be 2.5 years instead of existing 5 years. 3) Private markets will be permitted for all types of agriculture produce. But private market will need to...

3 bills are to be moved on the last day of Gujarat Assembly Budget session. They are : 1) Gujarat Jilla Ayojan Samiti(Sudhara) Vidheyak 2015 2) Gujarat Atankvadi Krutya ane Sangathit Guna Niyantrak Vidheyak 3) Maharaja Sayajirao Vadodara University(Sudhara) Vidheyak While first 2 bills are scheduled to be moved in morning session, the 3rd bill is scheduled to be moved...

Beijing : China launched a new-generation satellite into space for its indigenous BeiDou global navigation and positioning network on Monday. Launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, the satellite was boosted by a Long March-3C carrier rocket developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, reported the state-run Xinhua news agency. This...

New York : An increasing number of popular brands are posting more on Instagram than on Facebook, a study conducted by New York-based research firm L2 suggests. Both brand and social media users are slowly preferring easier-to-use and “less boring” Instagram. L2 said that around three million US teenagers stopped using Facebook between 2011 and 2014, while “the same cohort...

San Francisco: On Monday, Search engine giant and Android inventor Google said it was updating its mobile Gmail app for Android device users to allow them to manage multiple email accounts from a single program. Google software engineer Regis Decamps said in a blog post, “Starting today, you’ll be able to view all your mail at once, regardless of which...

Key Indian stock indices were quoting higher on Tuesday on positive cues from the global markets with stocks of companies in the oil and gas, metals and power sectors catching the investors’ fancy. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened higher above the psychologically-important 28,000-point mark at 28,069.85 points and soon moved higher at 28,107.11 points....

India-based hospitality player Taj Group on Monday said it would launch a luxury hotel project in Dubai, near the iconic Burj Khalifa area. The hotelier said the project at Dubai will have 296 rooms, iclub rooms, 16 junior suites and 15 luxury Suites with panoramic views of Burj Khalifa, dancing fountains and the Dubai Mall. The hotel will offer Peruvian...

With an aim to bring investment in the state, the Rajasthan government plans to hold 11 international and nine national roadshows in the coming months, officials said. “These roadshows will be held prior to Resurgent Rajasthan summit that is to be held in November this year,” a state government official told IANS. The decision to conduct these shows was taken...

Beijing : The Solar Impulse (Si2), the solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, reached Chongqing city in China on Tuesday. The aircraft, piloted by the Swiss project chairman Bertrand Piccard, departed from Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay on Monday morning, Xinhua reported. Capable of flying over oceans for several days...

A 14-year-old boy, enamoured with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, has been charged in Austria with forming a terrorist group and downloading bomb-making plans with the intention to commit a terrorist offence, media reported on Monday. The teenager, referred to as “Merkan G”, is accused by the St. Poelten city prosecutor’s office of downloading plans on the internet for...

New Delhi: On Tuesday, As a blow to BJP, Supreme Court of India issued a notice to senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others on a petition filed by petitioner Haji Mahmood (of the Sunni Waqf Board), challenging 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict acquitting them of criminal conspiracy in the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.

Five killed by lightning in Bihar

Patna : At least five people, including two children and a woman, were killed on Monday when they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents in Bihar, officials said. Three deaths were reported from two villages under Dharhara police station in Munger district. In the first incident, two children were struck while playing in a field near their home...

Purchase, Sale and storage and manufacturing of all forms of chewable tobacco including ‘guktha‘ and pan masala containing tobacco is banned in the national capital. Delhi Government has decided to run campaigns on a large scale to educate the masses about the ban and harmful effect of chewable tobacco. The AAP government has issued a notification banning all products of...

Gurgaon girl Aditi Arya crowned Miss India ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 8 Gurgaon girl Aditi Arya was crowned Femina Miss India 2015 at the 52nd edition of the beauty pageant here at Yash Raj Studio. Reigning Miss India Koyal Rana, on Saturday, enthroned her successor Aditi with the crown made by PC Jewellers. The first and...

Mumbai : Actress Kareena Kapoor has reportedly turned down an offer to judge a forthcoming dance reality TV show “Nach Baliye 7″, saying she has no plans to venture into the small screen. According to sources from the makers of “Nach Baliye”, its producer Ekta Kapoor is on a lookout for the fourth judge for the show. And she had...

KING COBRA FIGHT WITH DOGS 2015 VIDEO

Mumbai : Actress Deepika Padukone and director Homi Adajania, who together did films like “Cocktail” and “Finding Fanny”, have now come together for women empowerment. The two have collaborated on a short film called “My Choice”, which has been made under #VogueEmpower campaign that aims at empowering women and talks about a woman’s right to make decisions that govern her...

As AMC’s The Walking Dead wrapped up its fifth season this weekend, it left us with one last parting gift: the first teaser trailer for the upcoming spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead. AMC debuted the Fear the Walking Dead teaser during the Season 5 finale of The Walking Dead. At 15 seconds, it doesn’t reveal a whole lot about the...

What happens when a 45-year-old married man turns naughty? Ram Kapoor, playing the naughty middle-aged man, will be seen in yet another comedy and this time he will be sharing the screen with the sizzling Sunny Leone in his upcoming movie ‘Kuch Kuch Locha Hai’ What happens when a 45-year-old married man turns naughty? Ram Kapoor, playing the naughty middle-aged...

Presenting ‘Foreign Balamwa’ starring Kalki Koechlin & Revathi Menon from Margarita With A Straw. Foreign Balamwa song from the movie `Margarita With A Straw` Directors: Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar Singer: Sonu Kakkar Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi Composer: Mikey McCleary Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathy, Hussain Dalal, Sayani Gupta, William Moseley, Doug Plaut, Marco Torriani, Blair Wing, Tenzing Dalha, Malhar Khushu, Kuljeet Singh,...

New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori confirmed what many were expecting is the announcement of his retirement from international cricket upon the team’s return from the World Cup on Tuesday. The 36-year-old former captain had been widely expected to retire from international cricket at the conclusion of New Zealand’s involvement in the tournament. New Zealand were beaten by seven wickets...

New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated shuttler Kidambi Srikanth for winning the India Open Superseries men’s singles title here on Sunday. The World No.4 defeated Danish Viktor Axelsen 18-21, 21-13, 21-12 in 55 minutes in the final at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. “Please accept my hearty congratulations and best wishes on your winning the Men’s Singles...

Melbourne : Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming on Monday said the wicket of Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor was the turning point of the World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia. Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday to clinch their fifth World Cup title. “Taylor’s wicket was the turning...

Berlin : Bayern Munich can afford to spend a sum of a whopping 100 million euro ($108.5m) to buy a single player at the end-of-season transfers, the German football club’s finance director Jan-Christian Dreesen has said. “It’s possible for us to spend 100 million euros on a player,” said Dreesen on Monday, reports Xinhua. “It may not come true but...

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attack on Afghan MP kills three in Kabul

Kabul: As per the police and government sources, An Afghani Parliamentarian survived a targeted suicide attack in Kabul on Sunday but three people including a child were killed and eight others injured. Member of Afghanistan Parliament, Gul Pacha Majidi had been leaving a meeting in east Kabul when the bomber approached him on foot. A spokesman for the Afghan Interior...

Kolkata : Four people were arrested here on Sunday in connection with a cricket betting racket, police said. Following a tip off, police raided a flat in Ashwininagar in the Baguiati area in the city’s north eastern outskirts and nabbed the four. Cash amounting to Rs.40,000, besides two laptops and 15 mobile phones were also seized. This is the second...

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who on Sunday met rain and hailstorm-affected farmers in Rajasthan, assured the state that the central government would provide all possible help for providing relief to the affected farmers. “There is also a need for change in the norms for disaster relief,” Jaitley said while talking to media after meeting Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. After...

Art of Living (AoL) Foundation on Saturday claimed that its founder Sri Ravi Shankar received death threat from Islamic State (IS) during his present visit to Malaysia. Police are investigating a letter purportedly sent by the Islamic State (IS), threatening to kill India’s spiritual leader Sri Ravi Shankar who was in Penang over the weekend. Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar...

Floods ravaged Kashmir Valley on Monday following incessant rainfall over the past four days. Anxious people began to leave for safer places as authorities kept a watch on swollen mountain streams and the Jhelum river which was in spate. Here Update: 11:41 am:All schools shut for two days as Kashmir govt declares flood in state All schools in the Valley...

Hrithik Roshan who has gone out of his way to ensure his sons aren’t affected by his split, recently threw a day long party for his elder son. The famous Bollywood actor, who recently took his kids on a holiday to Maldives, gave an elaborate birthday party at a hill station on Saturday. Hrehaan turned nine on Saturday, he is the...

If you thought you can trick yourself into eating less if you use a smaller plate, you are wrong, warns a new study. The study involving 162 girls aged 14 to 18 found that the trick does not work for everyone, particularly over-weight teenage girls. “It has been assumed that overweight or obese consumers are more likely to underestimate the...

after hot and gorgeous Canadian adult star Sunny Leone her Husband and co adult film star Daniel Weber is debuting in the bollywood. According to the latest reports Daniel Weber is busy in the shooting of his upcoming bollywood project Dangerous Husn. Daniel Weber, better known as actress Sunny Leones’s husband , gears up for his debut film “Dangerous Husn”...

Sofia Hayat is a British actress, model and singer, who worked on both British and Indian projects. In July 2012, Hayat was named the new “Curvy Icon” by Vogue Italia. In September 2013, Hayat named on the FHM sexiest women in the world list in position 81. Sources have reported conflicting birth dates with some reporting 1974 and some reporting...

Indian steel major Tata Steel on Saturday said it has produced ten million tonne per annum (MnTPA) of hot metal from a single plant location in Jamshedpur making it the first Indian firm to achieve the milestone. “Starting from a capacity of only 0.16 nn TPA (A Blast Furnace) in 1911, the company today stands at 10 Mn TPA, accomplishing...

Mumbai : A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), made healthy gains in the early morning session on Monday. It was trading 255 points or 0.93 percent up, as bank stocks rose. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also made healthy gains during the early morning session. It was trading up...

The world powers negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran have gone on the overdrive to clinch a framework agreement before the March 31 deadline, with the US, German and French representatives cancelling travel plans to attend the talks. US Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled a planned return to the US to attend an event honouring his late Senate colleague...

Addis Ababa : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated its continued support towards defeating the Ebola virus disease which has killed almost 10,000 people since its outbreak. On the sidelines of the annual African Ministers of Planning, Economy and Finance Conference jointly organised by the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa held in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here to attend the funeral of the city state’s founder prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, met senior Singapore leader Goh Chok Tong and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday. Ahead of the funeral that started around 12.30 p.m., Modi met Goh, now a minister emeritus of Singapore. The Indian prime minister arrived here early...

Providing too much attention to a Task may be Futile

Being too focused on a task may not yield perfect results as researchers have found that too much attention hinders the brain from switching from an ongoing strategy to a new and perhaps more efficient one. The study published in the journal Neuron showed that activity in a region of the brain known as the medial prefrontal cortex is involved...

On Monday, Urban Development Minister, Government of India, Venkaiah Naidu will visit Gujarat. He will review the agriculture sector situation in Gujarat in connection with recent unseasonal rains. the Union Minister will hold meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister, senior Ministers and senior officers of concerned government departments on Monday morning. It should be mentioned here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

On Sunday, Vice president of BJP-ruled Jasdan Municipality in Rajkot district Ghanshyam Khachar and his brother were arrested by police in connection with the alleged murder of a BJP councillor of the same civic body early last week. Ghanshyam Khachar alias District, his brother Ranjit and one Vinu Khachar, all residents of Jasdan town, were formally arrested by Jasdan city...

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